The table below is extracted from HappylandRepublic, Bureau of Statistics records for 2019-2020. Use the information in this table to answer the questions that follow.   Items

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The table below is extracted from HappylandRepublic, Bureau of Statistics records for 2019-2020. Use the information in this table to answer the questions that follow.

 

Items

Base year 2019

2020

 

 

Production

Price

Production

Price

Used cloth (units)

4,000

50.00

5,000

60.00

Components used tractor factory production (units)

8,000

500.00

11,000

1,200.00

Cloth (units)

8,000

25.00

12,000

30.00

Beef gifts during cultural festival (Kg)

1,500

2.00

1,700

3.00

Milk (litres)

5,000

1.30

7,000

2.50

Computers (Units)

2,000

500.00

2,500

600.00

Printers (Units)

500

300.00

400

355.00

Raw materials for car assembling plant (Units)

4,500

250.00

4,450

300.00

 

1. Calculate HappylandRepublic’s nominal GDP, real GDP in 2020. Also, calculate the GDP deflator if 2019 is used as the base year.                

 

2. Double counting must be avoided when measuring GDP. State and examine four (4) transactions that are excluded from GDP to avoid overstating the size of the economy of a nation.                      

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